Much like everything else in your computer, Bluetooth functionality requires both hardware and software. Like a camera without film — ane won't work without the other. Unfortunately, not all PCs get in Bluetooth-set right out of the box, particularly older models.

If your PC didn't come with Bluetooth hardware installed, y'all can easily add some by purchasing a Bluetooth USB dongle.

Using Device Manager to find Bluetooth hardware

To determine whether your Windows PC has Bluetooth hardware, check Device Manager. Follow these steps:
  1. Open the Windows First Menu to search for and open the Command Panel.

  2. Choose Hardware and Sound, and and then choose Device Manager.

    In Windows ten, the Device Managing director link can also exist found beneath the Devices and Printers heading.

  3. Look for a Bluetooth drop-down menu in the list.

    If any items are listed here, your PC has Bluetooth hardware installed, and you tin can safely assume that the software has been set too.

  4. Close the various windows you opened.

Adding a Bluetooth device

Bluetooth software is typically supplied past Windows or any installation bulldoze came with the hardware, so y'all shouldn't have to worry near setting that up too often. To connect to a new Bluetooth device, however, follow these steps:

  • In Windows 10, go to Settings and then Devices.

  • Click on Add Bluetooth or other device.

  • Cull the type of device you desire to connect to from the list.

  • Brand sure the device is on a "discoverable" fashion. Check the device's manual if you don't know how to practise and then.

  • Once discoverable, the device's proper name should appear on your screen.

  • Select it and Windows should have care of the rest.

  • You may now close all windows.

Bluetooth devices are paired, which ways that they are assigned to work with simply one device at a time.

The wireless networking used by Bluetooth isn't as robust as Wi-Fi. For the most part, Bluetooth is a low-powered system. Y'all tin't motion a Bluetooth gadget more than 10 feet or so from its paired device without losing the bespeak.

About This Article

About the volume writer:

Dan Gookin has been an author, editor, ghostwriter, and a public official. He'south written more than than a dozen Dummies books on technology, with a special focus on PCs, the Android operating system, and Microsoft products. And in 1991, he was the author of the very beginning Dummies book, DOS For Dummies, which started the whole enterprise.

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